Would you vote for a philosopher to become taoiseach?
Unthinkable: Covid-19 has exposed societal injustices. Persuading people to address them remains a challenge
The Irish Times view on John Rawls: triumph in failure
The philosopher’s defence of egalitarianism has given succour to causes from the universal health care movement to Black Lives Matter
Why admission to college should be decided by lottery, not points
Philosopher Michael Sandel wants to eradicate elitism, starting with education
How do you identify a legitimate government?
Unthinkable: A government’s character is more important than its composition, author Arthur Applbaum says
Ten philosophers to help us through the coronavirus crisis
Unthinkable: Sartre and Schopenhauer make the list but Peig Sayers deserves inclusion too
Are we all Kantians now? The Covid-19 effect on moral philosophy
Unthinkable: The pandemic is exposing long-tolerated inequalities
Why humans need mercy more than justice to survive
Unthinkable: When the robots take over you’d better hope they’re merciful, says author Malcolm Bull
Unthinkable: When does a nudge become coercion?
The man behind Obama’s ‘nudge unit’ says people need to be protected from their biases
Unthinkable: Should college places be awarded by lottery?
Using a lottery is preferable to distributing goods based on ‘bad reasons’, argues political scientist Peter Stone
Unthinkable: Are parents entitled to rule their children?
Parents must seek the ‘consent of the ruled’, argues political theorist Dr Allyn Fives
Corruption claims should not halt junior cycle reform
Jan O’Sullivan rejects Fintan O’Toole’s view that ‘teachers should not be trusted to mark their students’
Fears that target to end homelessness by 2016 will not be reached
Goal becoming more difficult as other housing areas compete for resources
Unthinkable: Are the good things in our lives our own doing?
Do we acknowledge the role of luck sufficiently in political and personal affairs?
Time to ditch old dogmas and develop policies that serve the common good
Even within the confines of the troika bailout terms there are real choices to be made
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